Seeing Mimicking Birds live proved to be an experience I cannot easily reproduce within the boundaries of words, so readers, bear with me. The band’s sound was ethereal, their movements calm and their vocals mesmerizing. The trio played with a mutual appreciation for each other’s talent and a visible passion for the music. The intricate, chilling finger work of bassist...
Author Archives: Frances Milam
I don’t know about you guys, but I’ve never had the urge to do something incredibly stupid when I’m drunk. Specifically, I’ve never had the urge to do something incredibly stupid that goes against my core values and beliefs when I’m drunk. In fact, I’m quite the docile inebriated college student when I drink, sitting quietly on a sofa, maybe with a book propped...
James Madison once posited “America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity. That part of America which had encouraged them most had advanced most rapidly in population, agriculture and the arts.” The welcoming (but limited) open arms attitude in the past century that has led to the diverse, heterogeneous melting pot of creativity, talent and...
Tonight at Proud Larry’s, a stand-up comedian and Ole Miss alumnus is returning to Oxford for a night of comedy at its finest. Matt Owens, originally from the small island of St. Simons off the east coast of Georgia, decided to attend Ole Miss after receiving an acting scholarship. He graduated with a bachelor of fine arts in theater, then continued to live in Oxford...
It all started with an image of a trout, according to Ron Rash, author of “Above the Waterfall.” “All my novels start with a single image, and the image for this novel was of a trout that had obviously been poisoned in a creek, that had been washed up on a creek bank,” said Rash. Rash’s initial imagery turned out to be one of the most important parts of the novel:...
Close your eyes, all of you. We’re going to do a little exercise, okay? Imagine yourself holding a knife. A stainless steel kitchen knife. Now, what I want you to do is repeatedly stab yourself with it. And maybe you could stab it in a pattern where it looks like you’re spelling “ugly.” Phew. I know that must hurt. Now, I want you to imagine another person coming...
As I was leisurely scrolling down my Facebook timeline recently, I came across an article from CNN recounting an Instagram post from NFL linebacker James Harrison. In his paragraph-long rant, he commented on the participation awards his sons received from their pee-wee sports team. He stated that no one is “entitled to something just because they tried their best…cause...
